Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:05
Size: 167.3 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 1993/2009
Art: Front
[2:54] 1. In The Hush Of The Night
[2:50] 2. Out To Lunch
[2:48] 3. Every Man For Himself
[2:43] 4. Look Out Jack!
[2:39] 5. On The Bean
[2:51] 6. Recollections
[2:47] 7. Flyin' Hawk
[3:02] 8. Drifting On A Reed
[3:02] 9. I Mean You
[2:38] 10. Bean And The Boys
[2:41] 11. Bean And The Boys
[3:03] 12. Cocktails For Two
[3:00] 13. You Go To My Head
[6:06] 14. Stasch
[5:58] 15. Trust In Me
[6:04] 16. Roll 'em Pete
[5:58] 17. Skrouk
[6:56] 18. Since I Fell For You
[4:55] 19. My Babe
BEAN AND THE BOYS is the perfect title for this compilation, for certainly the list of players heard on this disc reads like a virtual "who's who" in jazz. Hawkins is teamed up with swing era players Jonah Jones (trumpet), and Walter "Foots" Thomas (tenor saxophone) on the first four tracks. Tracks nine through 13 highlight The Bean with the then young lions of bebop, J.J. Johnson (trombone), Fats Navarro (trumpet), Milt Jackson (vibes) and others. The final batch of tunes comes from a post-bop period (where Hawk finally settled musically). Songs from this era (late '50s) tend to incorporate stylistic elements from both swing and bebop. Hawkins himself never really became a bebop soloist per se, though he did sometimes "turn" a bop line quite successfully. All this, if nothing else, shows us the interconnection between the various genres of jazz. Mostly, all the styles heard on BEAN AND THE BOYS contain elements of the blues. As well, all styles herein contain highly syncopated rhythmical ideas, and similar song structures. Highlights include the bopish "Bean and the Boys," the bouncy "Out the Lunch," and the boogie woogie inflected "Roll 'em Pete."
Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Roy Gaines (guitar); Jerome Richardson (flute, alto saxophone); Eddie Barefield (clarinet, alto saxophone); Hilton Jefferson, Hubert Fol, Porter Kilbert (alto saxophone); Walter "Foots" Thomas, Walter Thomas (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Fats Navarro, Idrees Sulieman, Jonah Jones (trumpet); Nat Peck, J.J. Johnson (trombone); Clyde Hart, Hank Jones , Jean-Paul Mengeon, Ray Bryant, Thelonious Monk (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Cozy Cole, Denzil Best, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Walter Bolden (drums).
Recording information: Hackensack, NJ (10/19/1944-12/21/1949); New York, NY (10/19/1944-12/21/1949); Paris, France (10/19/1944-12/21/1949).
Bean & the Boys
